Commercial Casualties: Political Boycotts and International Disputes

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Jessica Chen Weiss, Panle Jia Barwick, Shanjun Li, Jeremy L. Wallace
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Abstract We explore whether international disputes harm commerce by galvanizing consumer boycotts of foreign products. Boycotts increase the social penalty of owning goods associated with a foreign adversary, offsetting individual incentives to free ride or discount the utility of participation. By harming international commerce, boycotts can help reveal information about resolve and avoid more costly forms of conflict. Using administrative data on the universe of new passenger vehicle registration records in China from 2009 to 2015, we demonstrate that consumer boycotts that arose amid tensions between China and Japan over a territorial dispute in 2012 had significant and persistent effects on vehicle sales, especially in cities that witnessed anti-Japanese street demonstrations. The market share of Japanese brands dropped substantially during and after the boycott with long lasting effects. Our analysis provides concrete evidence of the short- and long-term impacts of international tensions on economic activities.
商业伤亡:政治抵制与国际争端
摘要:我们探讨国际争端是否通过激发消费者抵制外国产品而损害商业。抵制增加了拥有与外国对手有关的商品的社会惩罚,抵消了个人搭便车或贬低参与效用的动机。通过损害国际贸易,抵制可以帮助揭示有关解决和避免更昂贵的冲突形式的信息。利用2009年至2015年中国新乘用车登记记录的行政数据,我们证明了2012年中日领土争端引发的消费者抵制对汽车销售产生了显著而持久的影响,特别是在见证了反日街头示威的城市。在抵制期间和之后,日本品牌的市场份额大幅下降,并产生了持久的影响。我们的分析为国际紧张局势对经济活动的短期和长期影响提供了具体证据。
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Journal of East Asian Studies
Journal of East Asian Studies SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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